The Color Honeymooners (The Jackie Gleason Show) - Collection 1 DVD Review

[FosseGal]

Originally Posted by VIDEOWACK

Not sure who was who, but after browsing the internet and IMDB I learned that Elaine Richards died on 6/26/84 in Florida at the very young age of 41. The cause of her death was not listed.

Elaine Richards was my best friend. She died of breast cancer after fighting it for 11 years. She is the one pictured in the bottom left of the Glea girl display. Pat Sandy is pictured in the top right. I met Pat once when she came to visit Elaine. Elaine was an accomplished dancer and post Gleason we spent many years in the ballroom business together and many a night on the town dancing. She was Miss Indiana and 2nd runner up in Miss USA. In fact, that is where the Gleason people first saw her and summond her to audition for the show when it moved to Miami.

Now I have a question. I have since heard of another Glea Girl that I can find no record of. Apparently she joined the show at age 17 and currently goes by the name of Kim St. Leon. Perhaps she went by another name while on the show?

[W.B.]

Originally Posted by FosseGal

Elaine Richards was my best friend. She died of breast cancer after fighting it for 11 years. She is the one pictured in the bottom left of the Glea girl display. Pat Sandy is pictured in the top right. I met Pat once when she came to visit Elaine. Elaine was an accomplished dancer and post Gleason we spent many years in the ballroom business together and many a night on the town dancing. She was Miss Indiana and 2nd runner up in Miss USA. In fact, that is where the Gleason people first saw her and summond her to audition for the show when it moved to Miami.

Now I have a question. I have since heard of another Glea Girl that I can find no record of. Apparently she joined the show at age 17 and currently goes by the name of Kim St. Leon. Perhaps she went by another name while on the show?

Perhaps. In the final (1969-70) season of The Jackie Gleason Show, there were only two Glea Girls: Greta von Hagge and Jackie Lynn Bowen. (Whom I hope to put up a pic one of these days . . . one of these days . . . - from what I could tell, this new Glea Girl was a redhead. I'll have to compare screen shots of this final-season Glea Girl to recent pics of Ms. St. Leon to see.) Apparently, Lanita Kent left after the 1968-69 season ended.

Unless the Gleason show this lady did was his 1973 television special.

And thanks for advising of who was who in those pics. Most appreciated.